The BIG "R"

 

The Big "R" is "Relationship"

Relationship Causes Us to be Growing and Maturing Persons

• Pinoy Christmas is all about catching up with our relationship with almost everyone.
  
• As pinoy we are “groupists.”
  
• The heart of the issue is the issue of the heart. 
  
• The issue of the heart will always be that big letter “R”
  

Developing Growing and Maturing Relationships with Everyone

BOND TOGETHER

• Matthew 1:18 (NIV) This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
  
• “Strong & Unwavering Commitment” is key to grow a lasting and mature relationship. 
  
• Real bonding is all about accepting everyone’s good side and correcting/developing everyone’s bad side.
  
• Mulan (film): “Flower that blooms in adversity is the most beautiful and fairest of them all.”
  
• A real friend is both a sword and a shield.
  

STAND FOR WHAT IS RIGHT

• Matthew 1:19 (NIV) Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.
  
• Right is right wrong is wrong, what’s in the middle of it is called “compromise.”
  
• Fact: There’s no such thing as a perfect middle either you are middle to the left or right.
  
• Brother Eddie Villanueva (TV Interview): “The world is too poor to buy my convictions.”
  
• Song: “There is a friend who sticks closer than a brother, through thick and thin always by your side.”
  

ALWAYS UNDERSTAND

• Matthew 1:20-21 (NIV) But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
  
• We can never ever be good in our relationships if our nature is not changed.   [Spirtual DNA]
  
• Stephen Covey: “Seek first to understand then be understood.” [it is not the other way around]
  
• Parenting a child is the best teacher of really understanding anyone.
  
• A really growing and matured person can be measured according to his/her deep understanding of people and situations.
  

SPEAK LIFE

• Matthew 1:22-23 (NIV) All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: "The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" --which means, "God with us."
  
• Where there’s prophecy, there will be destiny.
  
• Always tell people that they have “LIFE.” 
  
• Liberation
  
• Intimacy
  
• Fasfd
  
• Encouragement
  
• What God has said it will be fulfilled!
  

PROTECT WITH LIFE

• Matthew 1:24-25 (NIV) When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.
  
• When Joseph knew God’s will he immediately enacted it by protecting his family.
  
• True love protects.
  
• Never promise love unless you are ready to die for that person.
  
• Never promise to a ministry unless you are ready to give up yourself.
  
• A real friend will always point you to God.